弥生

Etymology

弥 (ya, “extensive; thick; many”) +‎ 生 (oi, “growth”)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) やよい [yàyóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠jo̞i]

Noun

弥生 (hiragana やよい, rōmaji yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

1. (archaic) the third month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) March

Proper noun

弥生 (hiragana やよい, rōmaji Yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

1. A female given name
   • 1997 October 17, Amagi, Seimaru; Yozaburo, Kanari; Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル18　魔ま神じん遺い跡せき殺さつ人じん事じ件けん⑪ [File 18: The Demonic Ruins Murder Case ⑪]”, in 金きん田だ一いち少しょう年ねんの事じ件けん簿ぼ [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 26 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 105:

     三 (さん)月 (がつ)に生 (う)まれた私 (わたし)が「弥生 (やよい)」だから　五 (ご)月 (がつ)に生 (う)まれたあなたは「さつき」にしようって———

     Sangatsu ni umareta watashi ga “Yayoi” da kara Gogatsu ni umareta anata wa “Satsuki” ni shiyōtte———

     I’m “Yayoi” because I was born in March. We named you “Satsuki” because you were born in May———

2. a placename

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